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BS”D Volume 35, No. 8 19 Kislev 5781 December 5, 2020 At the beginning of this week’s Parashah, Yaakov prepares to meet Esav for the… Read More »It’s Okay to be Afraid

One of the more perplexing questions that is raised in this week’s Torah reading is why Yaakov sends agents and messengers to Eisav to inform… Read More »Making Peace with the Past

The revenge that there is no revenge worse than it is that the soul will be cut off and will not merit life [in the… Read More »Chapter 8, Law 5(b) – Breaking the Bonds

Fourteen years are missing from the record. When last we saw Jacob, he was fleeing from his home in Beersheba to escape his brother Esau’s… Read More »Fourteen Sleepless Years

Hoshea 12:13 – 14:10 This week’s haftorah is devoted to the Jewish nation’s severe plunge into idolatry. The Judean kingdom ultimately succumbed to the rampant… Read More »Haftorah Commentary Parshas Vayeitzei

And Yaakov said to his brothers, ‘Gather stones!’…” (31:46) After spending twenty years in Charan, Yaakov flees with his family to Eretz Yisroel. Lavan pursues… Read More »Brothers in Arms

And G-d remembered Rachel, and G-d hearkened to her, and He opened her womb. And she conceived and bore a son, and she said, “G-d… Read More »Just Like His Name

This week we read the parsha of Vayaitzay. Yaakov left Beer Sheva, fleeing from Esav’s murderous intentions. On the way, he slept at the place… Read More »Turn, Turn, Turn…

The following is a discussion of Halachic topics related to the Parsha of the week. For final rulings, consult your Rav. You shall spread forth… Read More »Types Of Muktzeh

We are all aware of the famous comment of Rashi on the opening word of this week’s Torah reading: that the departure of a pious… Read More »Power of the Person